Joint Press Release of CP of Greece and CP of Israel

 

CP of Greece, Joint Press Release of ΚΚΕ and CP of Israel – About the Greek-Israeli Military Exercise "Glorious Spartan
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From: Communist Party of Greece, Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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Joint Press Release of CP of Greece and CP of Israel
 
About the Greek-Israeli Military Exercise “Glorious Spartan”
 
 
 
 

The Communist Parties of Greece and Israel protest the joint manoeuvres of Greek and Israeli air forces that took place under code-named "Glorious Spartan 08" on May 28 and June 12 around the Greek island of Crete, using NATO and US facilities around the base of Suda Bay. During mass-scale training exercises, that were kept secret, 130 flights were realized by Greek and another 130 by Israeli fighter jets.

 

A Protest March to End 41 Years of Occupation

 

Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), Maki (The Comunist Party of Israel), Banki (Young Communist League of Israel), Tandi (Democratic Women Movement), Gush Shalom, Peace Now, Combatants for Peace, Coalition of Women for Peace, ICAHD – The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Tarabut- Hithabrut, AIC – The Alternative Information Center, The Students Coalition (Tel Aviv University), New Profile, Yesh Gvul, Women in Black, Critical Mass against the Occupation, The High School Seniors` Letter, The Campus Is Not silent, Bat Shalom

Thousands sign petition calling to reopen October 2000 riots probe

 

Leaders of the Arab-Palestinians citizens in Israel and Adalah – the legal center for Arab minority rights in Israel – announced today (Monday, June, 2) in a press conference held in Nazareth, they were close to having 250,000 signatures on a petition calling for an external committee of inquiry to look into the October 2000 riots, in which 13 people were killed by Israeli police.